Creating a legal marijuana market in the UK could offset the entire NHS deficit

Getty Images A legal cannabis market in the UK could boost the treasury by £1 billion ($ 1.33 billion). This is a figure so high it could offset the escalating NHS deficit.   LONDON — A legal cannabis market could generate over £1 billion ($ 1.33 billion) in tax revenue — a figure so high it […]

Health benefits of wind and solar offset all subsidies

Enlarge Wind and solar energy are obviously essential in reducing carbon emissions, but they also have a remarkable side effect: saving lives. As they edge out fossil fuels, renewables are reducing not just carbon emissions, but also other air pollutants. And the result is an improvement in air quality, with a corresponding drop in premature deaths. […]

Sorry, you can’t plant enough trees to offset fossil fuels

Ever planted a tree to feel better about your environmental footprint? It’s a good idea, but it might not have as much of an effect as you’d hope. A simulation-based study has determined that it would be utterly unrealistic to plant enough trees to offset humanity’s CO2 emissions as they are — the plantations would […]